"Interests at stake, the public one is prevalent", with these words the administrative court of Bologna gives reason to the Municipality of Rimini which had opposed the appeal of the Territorial Hunting Association against the limitations on hunting activities along the Marecchia river, with application for suspension of the municipal ordinance. The Territorial Hunting Association Rn1 she was also ordered to pay the legal fees of the Municipality of Rimini, calculated by the Court at three thousand euros.
As you will remember, the Municipality of Rimini had decided last September to order a ban on hunting activities along the "Historical Naturalistic Path" which winds to the right and left of the Marecchia river, for the stretch that affects the municipal territory, following the invitation of the Prefecture of Rimini which - based on the report of the Provincial Carabinieri Command of Rimini - reported a public safety and public safety criticality connected to the hunting activity along the cycle paths on the main river courses of the province.
For this reason the municipalities had been asked to evaluate any useful measure to secure the areas of the territories of competence affected by paths along the rivers. “A judgment - comments the Municipal Administration of Rimini - which confirms the goodness of the Ordinance of the Municipality of Rimini, with which the foundations are laid for making naturalistic tourism and hunting activities coexist. An ordinance that does not affect the exercise of hunting and creates the conditions for greater safety for users of the pedestrian cycle path and citizens of the nearby urban area, increasing the usability of nature trails "(RiminiToday).